600 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1. 



^^5 PECIAb^NOT,! c Es 



SIX-INCH FOUNDATION-MILL IN CANADA. 



We have for sale at St. Thomas, Ont., a six-inch 

 thin-super-foundation-mill which we offer, freight 

 and duty paid, f. o. b., at that point, for S20.00. It will 

 make nice foundation 10 to 11 feet to the pound. It 

 was sent by mistake for an extra-thin machine. An- 

 other had to be .sent, hence we have this one to dis- 

 pose of. Will mail sample to any one interested, if 

 desired. 



HONEY, COMB AND EXTRACTED. 



We should be pleased to hear from those whose hon- 

 ey crop has not been sufficient to supply the home de- 

 mand. M'e are in position to furnish you with a 

 choice article of comb or extracted at reasonable 

 rates. Have already received a shipment of fancy 

 comb in plain sections, and have other lots of honey 

 on the way. both comb and extracted. Prices sent on 

 application. Don't overlook our honey-leaflet as a 

 mean.s of working up a demand for honey. They 

 pay well. 



HONEY PROSPECTS. 



About the time our last issue went to press, offers 

 of honey began to come in, and they have been com- 

 ing quite freely since. These offers and reports have 

 been coming from different sections of the country; 

 and, judging from these reports, we still believe that, 

 unless there is a large fall flow, there will be consid- 

 erably less honey to put upon the market this year 

 than last, although the prospect for a crop in many 

 localities is much better than it was. In some quite 

 large areas the crop will be much better than it was 

 last year in the same places, while in other areas, 

 much larger, the yield is away behind last year, or 

 wanting entirely. The large yields this year are sev- 

 eral degrees farther north than the be.st yields of last 

 sea.son, so that the northern New England States, 

 Northern Michigan. Wisconsin, and Minnesota are, 

 as a whole, much better off this year than last, while 

 through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri the 

 honey yield, so far as reported, is very small compar- 

 ed with last season. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



SEEDS OF THE PAP.\YA (OR MELON) TREE. 



Thanks to our Bermuda friends, we have now a 

 good supply of seeds of this tropical plant, and we are 

 still ready to send a few of them to anv one who 

 ■wants to try them, on receipt of a prepaid directed 

 envelope. Please remember this is a tnpical tree, 

 and would have to be treated as you would treat an 

 oleander, lemon, or orange tree. It is, however, of 

 very rapid growth, and ought to grow several feet in 

 a single season. I would suggest that the care and 

 culture should be about the .same as for the tomato. 

 You all know how to grow tomatoes. Protect your 

 papayas from the frost just as you would the tomato- 

 plant, and you are all right. 



STRAWBERRY-PLANTS READY TO SEND OUT DURING 

 AUGUST. 



Jessie, Rio, Sharpless, Warfield, Bubach, and Ha- 

 verland, all old standard varieties, will be furnished 

 for 1.5 cts. for 10, or 7.5 cts. per 100. If wanted by mail, 

 add 5 cts. for 10 or 25 cts. for 100, for postage. The 

 first three are perfect, the last three imperfect. Of 

 the newer varieties we can furnish Marshall, Brandy- 

 wine, and Wm. Belt at 20 cts. for 10 or «1..50 per 100. 

 Any of the above potted in jadoo, at double above 

 prices. Darling, Carrie. Earliest, and Margaret, will 

 he furnished potted in jadoo fiber (po.stage paid), at 

 10 cts. each or 8.5 cts. for 10. Owing to the demand for 

 the Nick Ohmer we can make no better figure than 

 before — 25 cts. each or S2.00 for 10. We have reduced 

 the price on the Darling because neither that nor the 

 Earliest has proved to be productive in two seasons' 

 trial. As they are both perfect thev will be just the 

 thing for fertilizing varieties of the imperfect kinds. 

 By the way, I wi.sh those who received premium 

 plants last fall, of Darling and Earliest, would send 

 us postal card reports in regard to their productive- 



ness. They are among the earliest varieties known, 

 but thej' are small, and few in number. The Rio is 

 not so early, but with us it is much ahead of the.se 

 two in both respects. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held at the court-house 

 in Freeport. 111., on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 

 16 and 17, 189S. All interested in bees are invited to 

 attend. B. Kennedy, .Sec. 



New Milford, 111. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 



105 PARK PLACE, 



NEW YORK, 



keeps in stock a full line of popular 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 



which are first-quality, both in material and work- 

 manship. 



1 lb. sq. honey=jars, $4.60 gross, 

 discount on quantity. 



Warranted Italian Queens, 65 cents; 3 for $1.60; 

 6 for $3.00. Circular free. 



In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



** Queens." 



Gray Carniolans and Golden Italians. We are head- 

 quarters for above races. 



Grade & Prices of Queens | May & June | After July 1. 



Untested queen 

 Tested queen 

 Select tested queen... 

 Best imported queen 



S 65 



1 25 



2 25 

 4 00 



Write for prices on nuclei and full colony. Descrip- 

 tive price li.st free. 



F. A. Lockhart & Co., Lake George, N, Y. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



BEE5 FOR SALE. 



Thirty-five colonies of bees in Simplicity and eight- 

 frame hives. Address 



L. V. BENNETT, Lenox, Ashtabula Co., 0. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



J. ROSEN KRATZ, 



Breeder of Belgium Hares, Homing 

 Pigeons, and Dutches Pigeons. 



HATFIELD. PENNSYLVANIA. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



FARM BEE=KEEPINQ. 



The only bee-paper in the United States 

 edited exclusively in the interest of the 

 farmer bee-keeper and the beginner is 

 THE BUSY BEE, published by 

 Emerson T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Write for/ree sample copy now. 



The A. I. Root Co.'s Goods ^* '^\%,,, 



Including their discounts for goods wanted for use an- 

 other season. It will pay you to .send me list of goods 

 wanted. M. H. HUNT, 



Cash for beeswax. Bell Branch, Mich. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



